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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,795, dated April 29, 1884.

Application/filed November 24, 1893. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, NORMAN N. HAZELTON, of Lamoni, Decatur county, Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Tug and Rein Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of an improved hookand -catch device` for connecting harnessstraps, particularly tugs and reins, and Valso adapted for connecting the back -strap and belly-band to the tug, the said hook-and-catch device being contrived for being attached to the straps without stitching or`riveting, and more substantially than with buckles, and being adapted to be made Very cheaply in malleable iron, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of a rein and my improved Vhook-and-catch device as applied to the fastening of the rein to the ring ofthe bridle-bit. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a tug, back-strap, and belly-band connected with the said fastener; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2.

The catch consists ofthe back plate, a, side fianges, b, nib c, cross-bar d, and one or two loops, e, according to Whether it is used for the reinconnection or for the tug-fastener. The hook consists of the back plate,f, front plate, g, hook prper, h, loop t', and nibj for the rein-fastening, and when it is used for the tug-fastening said hook also has theback loop, k, and when said hook is also to connect` the back-strap and belly-band l m it is provided the strap for securing the catch by the nib c.

The hook has one loop, c', for the rein, through which the rein is passed, and the end is inserted betweenjthe front and back plates, gf,

and pressed down on and secured by the nibj. y

short strap t of the tug, and the hook h is then connected to the bar d of the catch device, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3.

When the back andbelly band strap Z m is to be connected to the tug, the hook device has the side lops, n, through which said strap is passed, said side loops being located with relation to the nilo j, that fastens strap t, so as to be fastened by said nib. The hook his f to be presented to the bar d nearly at right angles to plate a, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, to beinserted under said bar. It is then swung around parallel to said plate, and is then effectually secured against unhooking. The draft keeps it in that position, and makes it a safety device incapable of unhooking while in use. t

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the catch-plate having an end loop, a nib, and side flanges provided with a cross-bar, of the hooked plate having au vend loop anda nib, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a tug and rein fastener, the combination, .with the catch-plate having an end loop,

a nib adjacent to saidyloop,and a cross-bar arranged beyond a longitudinal plane touching the outer end of the nib, of thehooked plate having a nib and a loop at one end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

NORMAN N. HAZELTON. Witnesses:

W.V H. DEANE, AsA S. COCHRAN. 

